A Conversation for The Enigma Cipher Machine
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Researcher 188915 Started conversation Jan 16, 2002
Did the Polish actually create this machine?
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Matthew G P Coe Posted May 20, 2003
Actually, the German military created Enigma. The Polish cracked it.
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letheravensoar Posted Mar 3, 2007
No. The German Military didn't create it. A man named Arthur Scherbius made the patent for it, then made the company Chiffriermaschinen Aktien-Gesellschaft (Cipher Machines Stock Corporation) that started producing it. The Military then adopted it.
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